Chapter 1065 - Like a Sudden Thunderclap Amidst the Silence

As time passed, word of Su Yi impersonating the Swordmaster of Abstruse Force spread from the Nine Provinces of the Wilds and into its thirty-three subsidiary worlds.

The Profound Sky Realm.

Within the Yue Family’s grand hall.

Yue Bailing, Yue Changtian, Yue Shuihan, and the other higher-ups were gathered. They looked worried.

“I can say with certainty that the impersonator of rumors and the Fellow Daoist Su who saved the Yue Family from disaster at the Autumn Waters Assembly are one and the same!” Yue Shuihan said gravely.

The already stifled atmosphere was instantly even heavier.

Everyone was visibly concerned.

According to the rumors, any faction that dared shelter Su Yi would become enemies with the entire Abstruse Force Alliance!

“This is a big problem. Compared to the Abstruse Force Alliance, the Yue Family is nothing at all. Never mind the rest; any one of Six Great Daoist Sects alone could crush us,” someone said gravely. He sighed deeply.

“What do we do?” someone said with concern.

“Hmph? What’s there to panic about? Whether the rumors are true or false, and even if the Abstruse Force Alliance targets us, the Yue Family absolutely won’t do anything to let Fellow Daoist Su down!”

Yue Changtian was the calmest of all. His words were as firm as his blade. “Don’t forget how Fellow Daoist Su helped us at the Autumn Waters Assembly!”

Everyone fell silent. That was exactly why this was so troublesome!

“Enough, no need to discuss this any further.” High Elder Yu Bailing said with staunch conviction, “It’s just as Changtian says. Even if the Abstruse Force Alliance tries to punish the Yue Family for our involvement, we absolutely won’t let Fellow Daoist Su down!”

The crowd’s hearts shook, and all of them nodded.

Sometimes, people panicked simply because no one had made a decision yet.

Now that Yue Changtian and Yue Bailing had expressed their stance on the matter, the other Yue Family higher-ups gradually calmed down. They were no longer as nervous and worried as before.

It was then that the sound of hurried footsteps rang out, and an elderly servant came to report. A messenger from the Nine Extremes Profound Capital had delivered a message, bade farewell, and left.

After giving his report, the elderly servant proffered the sealed message.

Yue Bailing and company were stunned. None of them knew what was going on.

Yue Bailing took a moment to calm himself, then undid the seal. Inside was a message and a talisman carved with strange, mysterious markings.

After reading the full message, Yue Bailing was briefly stunned. Then, he went mad with delight. “Our Yue Family no longer has anything to worry about!”

He then passed the message around so the others could have a look.

Soon, the grand hall was in uproar. Everyone was visibly delighted and excited.

The message was from Yue Shichan, and its contents were simple. In it, she told the Yue Family that from this day forth, should they encounter trouble of any kind, they could use this talisman to call for aid!

And the talisman? It was the work of the sect master of the Nine Extremes Profound Capital!

Furthermore, Yue Shichan warned them not to treat Su Yi negligently. She said that the Nine Extremes Profound Capital had agreed to protect the Yue Family because Su Yi’s appearance had startled the sect’s living fossil, Ancestor Peng, out of seclusion.

This came as a delightful surprise to the Yue Family, but it also shook them to the core.

The Nine Extremes Profound Capital was the greatest Daoist orthodoxy of the Wilds, a massive entity they could only gaze upon from afar.

And Ancestor Peng was a peak expert, a living legend of the Wilds. His power alone was enough to intimidate everything beneath the heavens!

Who could have imagined that their Fellow Daoist Su would make him break seclusion, or make the Nine Extremes Profound Capital announce that the Yue Family was under their protection?

The Yue Family experts felt as if they were dreaming!

“And to think we were only just worried about the Abstruse Force Alliance threatening us. In the blink of an eye, the problem resolved itself with ease. Life really does have its great ups and downs,” someone sighed.

“It seems to me that Fellow Daoist Su most likely knows nothing of this, yet the Yue Family’s impending calamity has been resolved, just like that. It’s like a sudden thunderclap amidst the silence!” someone muttered, clearly moved.

“Even Ancestor Peng of the Nine Extremes Profound Capital has been startled out of seclusion. Could it be that Fellow Daoist Su isn’t impersonating the Swordmaster of Abstruse Force after all?” someone asked.

“Just who is Fellow Daoist Su?”

“Don’t tell me he’s really… the reincarnation of the Swordmaster of Abstruse Force?”

Silence greeted this question. Everyone looked at each other in astonishment.

“This storm has only just begun. Don’t rush to conclusions!” Yue Bailing said gravely. “The truth will ultimately become clear!”

He might have seemed calm, but in truth, waves of shock coursed through his heart.

Throughout the Wilds and its subsidiary worlds, who but the Swordmaster of Abstruse Force could have startled a figure like Ancestor Peng out of seclusion?

But if Fellow Daoist Su really is the Swordmaster of Abstruse Force, why would Pi Mo of the Abstruse Force Alliance declare him their common enemy?

There are undoubtedly secrets behind this.

The storm that’s sure to follow will surely shake the Wilds!

……

Ten days soon slipped by.

Profound Sky Academy.

Within an immortal cave.

Crunch!

The hovering Dark and Gold Ruler suddenly shattered into dust, inch by inch, and dissipated.

Su Yi had been seated in meditation, but now, he suddenly opened his eyes.

When he saw the destroyed Dark and Gold Ruler, despite his boulder-like mental state, he couldn’t help but feel a bit awkward.

There was no doubt about it; he’d forgotten himself in his cultivation, to the point of draining all the Dark and Gold Essence within the ruler…

Later, I’ll compensate Profound Sky Academy with a similar treasure. I trust that the old glutton won’t have anything to say even if he finds out, thought Su Yi.

Then, he started sensing the changes to his cultivation base.

In less than a month, he’d smoothly broken into the late-stage Profound Illumination Realm, and he showed signs of nearing the peak of the realm!

He couldn’t have achieved such shocking progress without Dark and Gold Essence’s help!

This was the power born of the Dark and Gold Star Realm’s chaos source, and its benefits to his cultivation were simply immeasurable. It was far beyond your “typical” unparalleled medicine.

During the refining process, it was as if the cultivator were situated within the chaos source. They forgot both themselves and their surroundings, sinking into the deepest of contemplative states. It was too wondrous for words.

But more than that, Dark and Gold Essence’s wondrousness was most readily apparent in his power of the Grand Dao!

Take Su Yi’s current state. After fully refining the Dark and Gold Essence, Su Yi’s mastery of the profundities of the Apex of Genesis was nearing perfection!

And it even showed signs of a perfect return to its origins!

That aside, he’d achieved successive breakthroughs in the Laws of the Far Shore, Oblivion, Withering and Flourishing, and Rebirth. Before, he’d achieved only minor success, but now, he’d reached major success in all of them!

Even his mastery of the most difficult and time-consuming Law of the bunch, the Laws of the End, had improved!

Before, he could only say he’d grasped a few odds and ends, but now, he’d already crossed the threshold of initial proficiency.

And that was merely the result of the Dark and Gold Essence within the Dark and Gold Ruler!

Of course, those weren’t the only benefits of Dark and Gold Essence. This power originated from the chaos source of the Dark and Gold Star Realm. If Su Yi mastered it, when he stepped into the Profound Unity Realm, he could derive the complete Celestial Laws of the Dark and Gold Star Realm!

That was the most important use of Dark and Gold Essence.

Su Yi calmed himself and sensed his progress. In the end, he confirmed that although he’d only gone up a single level within the Profound Illumination Realm, his cultivation base had undergone a metamorphosis akin to rebirth!

Both his fleshly body and his soul had received enormous benefits from the tempering of Dark and Gold Essence, and they’d transformed too. They were completely different from before.

The overall power of his cultivation base had at least doubled!

Had I grasped the secrets of Dark and Gold Essence in my past life, even if my path was flawed, I wouldn’t have needed to fear failing to break into a high path, thought Su Yi. But in this case, fortune and disaster went hand in hand, and fortune was in my favor. I ought to celebrate that I never got this opportunity in my past life. Otherwise, even if I stepped onto the Path of Heaven’s Ascension, I would have at most been comparable to the Temple Master. I couldn’t possibly have surpassed him.

The Temple Master had been forthright with him. He told him that flaws had appeared in his cultivation during the Profound Unity Realm!

It was because of this that, despite becoming a mighty expert of the starry skies, he decisively chose to reincarnate and cultivate anew.

Now that Su Yi had discovered Dark and Gold Essence, when he stepped into the Profound Unity Realm, he wouldn’t need to fear repeating the Temple Master’s mistakes!

After a while, Su Yi let out a breath of turbid air, rose, and left seclusion.

To his surprise, Dean Yu Changming of Profound Sky Academy was already standing there waiting for him.

“Have you been waiting there all this time?” exclaimed Su Yi.

Yu Changming laughed. “No, actually. I’ve just lingered here for a bit each day.”

Su Yi said thoughtfully, “Don’t tell me something happened while I was in seclusion?”

“Indeed, there’s no deceiving your keen eyes, Your Excellency!” Yu Changming took a deep breath, then said slowly, “Recent news has thrown the world into uproar…”

He then told Su Yi about the rumors of him “impersonating” the Swordmaster of Abstruse Force.

After hearing the full story, Su Yi’s eyebrows rose. “It seems my unfilial disciple Pi Mo has already realized that I’ve returned. He’s stirred up a storm, so he’s obviously made ample preparations to declare war against me.”

Yu Changming said with surprise and bewilderment, “Your Excellency Su, how dare Pi Mo do this? How is that any different from betraying his sect and his master?”

Su Yi shook his head, unwilling to discuss it. Instead, he asked, “Aren’t you afraid that I’m an impersonator?”

Yu Changming didn’t even pause to think. “Your Excellency Su, were you an impersonator, why would you save Profound Sky Academy from disaster?”

Su Yi nodded. “Even if Pi Mo knows I’m his master, there’s absolutely no way he’ll admit it. Otherwise, his Abstruse Force Alliance would appear illegitimate, and there’d be chaos within his ranks. The alliance would inevitably fall apart. Thus, there’s no way he’ll acknowledge me.”

“And he really does need to nip this in the bud. The longer this goes on, the worse it’ll be for him.” Here, Su Yi’s eyes flashed with cold light. He muttered, “I’m actually curious to see just how many countermeasures my unfilial disciple prepared.”

Just listening, Yu Changming’s heart shook. The Swordmaster of Abstruse Force has returned, only for his eldest disciple to view him with enmity!

If word of this got out, who knows how many waves it would send through the Wilds?

“I ought to get going. When the old glutton comes back, tell him I’ll come back and give Profound Sky Academy a treasure similar to the Dark and Gold Ruler as compensation,” said Su Yi.

With that, he put his hands behind his back and walked into the sky.

“Your Excellency Su, where are you going?” Yu Changming couldn’t help but ask.

“The Wilds.”