Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

At the top of the Jiuli Tower stood Long Zhantian. His aura seemed to have merged with the Jiuli Tower. But he was not alone. On each side of the Jiuli Tower, there was an elderly man.

These two elders looked like the very definition of the word “ancient.” Their wrinkles were so deep that their skin looked more like tree bark. It wasn’t even possible to see their eyes under all those wrinkles. Perhaps their eyes weren’t even open.

The elders’ hands were pressed against each other in front of their chests. A halo of light spun behind each one of them, and divine runes flashed within that light. It was like the cycle of the Grand Dao.

Long Chen’s heart shook. It seemed that Jiang Li hadn’t been lying: The Jiuli Divine Realm really did have more powerful people than him standing guard over it, and there were two of them! The Grand Dao wheels behind their heads made him feel dizzy. It felt as if time and space were twisting, and even with his many eye techniques, he actually didn’t even dare to keep looking at them directly.

Could it be that... they are Heavenly Sovereigns?

There was a divine diagram burning in front of the Jiuli Tower. Lord Brahma’s figure was standing within it.

“You truly live up to your reputation, Supreme Venerate. Even the three of us, together with the Jiuli Tower, cannot keep you here. I am impressed!” Long Zhantian sighed as he looked at Lord Brahma. They were mortal enemies, but he had to acknowledge that Lord Brahma was truly powerful.

Lord Brahma shook his head in response. “I should be the one saying that I’m impressed with you two. A father and son like the two of you might not appear once in a billion years. Even after being born in a declined era, you were able to climb out and force open your own path, and you were even able to obtain the recognition of the Heavenly Daos. It truly is shocking.

”But now that the Heavenly Daos are in chaos, being rejected by the Heavenly Daos isn’t necessarily wrong, and being recognized by the Heavenly Daos is not necessarily right. Have you ever thought about how all of us have been recognized by the Heavenly Daos? That includes the fallen Pill Sovereign and the Star Master, as well as myself. So tell me, why is it that with the recognition of the Heavenly Daos, the Pill Sovereign and the Star Master died, while a so-called traitor like myself is still living peacefully?”

Long Chen coldly shouted, “Don’t give me that crap, or I won’t be able to stop myself from slapping you again!”

Lord Brahma was intentionally bringing up the Pill Sovereign and the Star Master to antagonize Long Chen. How could he possibly not tell? But that was only one aspect of it. His words were like a toxic thorn. If Long Chen took it seriously, he would continue to question himself.

However, after his Dao comprehension, Long Chen had managed to undo many knots in his heart. He was still far from getting the whole picture, but at the very least, he could see the wider world, and he would not be so easily swayed. Even though mentioning the Pill Sovereign and the Star Master angered him, it did not rattle his Dao-heart.

Lord Brahma was trying to make Long Chen doubt himself, and was trying to lure him into an argument. But Long Chen refused to play his game.

Meanwhile, the always calm and collected Lord Brahma was unable to keep his cool. Long Chen’s slap in the face was a huge humiliation, but he couldn’t argue about it.

Meanwhile, Long Zhantian and the two elders clearly twitched when they heard this. They almost couldn’t hold back grins. Clearly, they were truly amazed that a supreme god like Lord Brahma had been slapped in the face by Long Chen.

Of course, Lord Brahma couldn’t admit to it, but also couldn’t refute. Even with all his experience, he didn’t know how to respond to that. He had originally prepared a word trap for Long Chen, but now Long Chen had set him and his trap on fire. Furthermore, who knew how many eyes were still watching from a distance?

Lord Brahma shook his head. “I was trying to give you some good advice and help you understand the truth of the world. But if you refuse to listen, I won’t waste the effort. Goodbye!”

BOOM!

The Brahma Divine Diagram’s flames erupted, and the diagram turned to ashes. By the time it was gone, Lord Brahma’s law avatar had also vanished.

Long Chen and Long Zhantian exchanged a look, and both of them smiled bitterly. Even with their plan going perfectly, even with the perfect timing, the location advantage, and powerful reinforcements, they were still unable to stop a single law avatar from escaping.

“Dad, what happened?” asked Long Chen. He truly found this hard to accept.

“Ordinary law avatars have a fragment of the creator’s soul controlling them, but this one was different. This law avatar actually has two bodies, a primary and a secondary one, and the same is true of the Brahma Divine Diagram you just saw. The primary body and primary diagram are both with Lord Brahma, and just now, Lord Brahma actually possessed the secondary avatar and brought the secondary diagram to fight us. If it hadn’t been for the two patriarchs, then forget about killing it, it would have been impossible for me to even beat it, even with the entire Jiuli race assisting me...”

Long Chen was shocked to hear that the actual Lord Brahma descended through this law avatar. As it turned out, he had also brought a major trump card, detonating a bomb of faith energy in an attempt to deal massive damage to the Jiuli Tower before its pieces had fully merged. Fortunately, the two patriarchs were present. They intervened when they saw him, and this was the only reason calamity was avoided.

Long Zhantian’s face was grave as he recounted the battle. “The reason Lord Brahma chose to descend directly was because he wanted to see if he could turn the tides and save his plan, but also because he wanted to see how much the Jiuli Tower has recovered. I’m fairly sure that it was also a test of his own power. It seems that the day that Lord Brahma truly comes out of seclusion is not far.”

Long Chen also felt immense pressure. With his understanding of Lord Brahma, he knew that the man would not expose his true trump cards easily. Although this time it was due to Long Can’s rashness that resulted in his plans failing, he had not lost his mind in anger, and he had reacted promptly and appropriately. Had it not been for Zi Yan devouring the sinister Heavenly Devil Zither in time and saving Long Chen, in addition to the unexpected factor that was the violet-gold polearm, he really would have died to Long Can, or maybe he would have been captured. And if that happened, it would have meant complete and utter defeat.

To be able to instantly reverse the tides of what should have been certain victory showed just how terrifying Lord Brahma’s schemes were. Long Zhantian had fully expected him to appear, but not in this form, and the fact that he had descended in person rather than sending an ordinary avatar had almost ended up ruining their plans altogether.

Fortunately, Long Chen was strong enough himself, and Zi Yan had saved him, preventing the worst-case scenario from happening.

After hearing the entire story, Long Chen bowed to the two patriarchs. “Thank you for your assistance, patriarchs!”

However, the two of them completely ignored him. They simply vanished just like that, leaving Long Chen embarrassed.

Long Zhantian smiled when he saw his son like this. “These two patriarchs have lived countless years. Their mission is to protect the Jiuli race. As long as the entire race is not in danger of being exterminated, they will not show themselves. They don’t speak to anyone, so don’t take it to heart!”

It was no wonder they had not responded when Jiang Li had begged them for aid. It seemed that they were little more than puppets now, and they refused to expend even a single drop of energy for unnecessary things.

No longer embarrassed, Long Chen said, “Dad, you’re in charge in the Jiuli Divine Realm. I have to go back to the divine capital and see what’s happening. The battle there is probably still ongoing.”

“Go. Be careful!” Long Zhantian nodded.

Long Chen gave his father a bow and then left with Zi Yan.