Chapter 2388: Strange Events

Yun Yang's expression shifted slightly, and he let out a cough. "What’s that? Cousin, we have some guests coming, so I'll go greet them first."

"Yun Yang, tell me now. Who are ‘they?’"

Yun Yang tried to escape, but Yun Tingting easily caught him. The woman might have spent decades as a prisoner on Zenith Mountain, but she had never stopped cultivating. All of the prisoners there had continued training themselves, and Yun Tingting had become a thirty-one cycle Enlighter. While that was only a small improvement given the time that had passed, Yun Yang had only recently become an Enlighter, and he was only a twenty-five cycle Enlighter. He was much weaker than Yun Tingting.

"Cousin, let me go! A guest is here. There really is a guest." He pointed at the bottom of the Cloud Shuttle as he shouted.

Yun Tingting looked at where he pointed and saw a few people. "Are the four ruling powers still transport-"

"Shhh! Cousin, this matter has become far more sensitive. Don’t say anything at all, or else we’ll be in big trouble." Yun Yang instantly cut Yun Tingting off.

She was quite surprised. "I didn’t see any of this during the last year, so I’d assumed that they had stopped."

Yun Yang explained, "It's not that they’ve stopped, but rather that they now wait a long time in between, as they’re afraid of getting caught again. Some time ago, Lu Xiaoxuan made a huge fuss when he exposed it, but you don't need to worry about it. Just let me deal with it."

Yun Tingting released him. "If you don't tell me who ‘they’ are, I promise that I’ll never take you to the Fifth Mainland with me."

Yun Yang had no chance to reply, as he was hurrying to the bottom of the Cloud Shuttle to carefully make certain arrangements.

Yun Tingting just watched on. She was aware of certain matters, but she did not care. When her father had still been the sect master, certain tasks had been given to Yun Yang. According to her father, Yun Tingting was not allowed to get involved in anything that could be considered dirty.

The thought of father placed Yun Tingting in almost a trance. Hatred for Lu Yin rose in her heart, but there was nothing that she could do.

Suddenly, she saw a familiar person. Is that…?

At the bottom of the Cloud Shuttle, Big Sis was staring at the small group of people who were quietly speaking to Yun Yang in the distance. She was about to attack.

She had intended to simply pass through the Cloud Shuttle, but she had happened to bump into some people and had noticed traces of stellular liquid.

As the former Progenitor Yōu Ming, what had she not personally experienced before? Long ago, she had frequently absorbed stellular liquid, and she had even been among the first humans to do so. However, when she had been caught by Progenitor Wu Tian, she had been forced to pay a very heavy price.

The people beneath the Cloud Shuttle had carefully concealed their stellular liquid, but it was impossible to hide it from Big Sis.

She not only wanted to get the stellular liquid for herself, but she also wanted to make sure that these people did use the stellular liquid for their own purposes.

As for damaging the Mother Tree by absorbing stellular liquid, Big Sis was a pirate, and such matters had never concerned her.

"I- I- I-" The stutterer from the Cosmic Sea was trying to speak. He had been dragged along by Big Sis, but when she heard him try to speak, she smacked him in the head.

"Shut up! If you don’t make yourself useful, I won't bring you along."

The man stammered as he cradled his head. "Yes. There’s- there’s something."

"There’s nothing! Nothing! Now shut up!" Big Sis smacked the man again.

Xiao started to get anxious. "Fo- Fo- Fo-"

Big Sis’s eyes narrowed as she glared at the man. "Littler stammerer, I, your granny, can see that you’re losing it, and I won’t let you get away with the excuse that you’re biased."

The man stuttered as he pointed at Yun Tingting. "I found it."

Big Sis blinked, somewhat dazed. She looked over and saw Yun Tingting.

At this moment, Yun Tingting was staring straight at Big Sis, and the moment the woman looked at Yun Tingting, the younger woman recognized her, and she exclaimed, "Big Sis?"

Yun Tingting and several others had been released within the Heavens Sect by Lu Yin, and they had learned a great deal about the Fifth Mainland. Naturally, they had learned about the incredibly famous Big Sister, who was one of the people closest to Lu Yin.

Yun Tingting had recognized Big Sis, but Big Sis had no idea who Yun Tingting was. The stutterer also did not know Yun Tingting, but he had noticed that she was staring at Big Sis and had assumed that they had been discovered. He had mostly noticed Yun Tingting’s attention due to a guilty conscience, as Big Sis had just told the man that she was going to steal something.

When Yun Tingting mentioned Big Sis, many people looked over at the woman, including Yun Yang. Big Sis?

Big Sis was speechless. Even the people here knew her?

There was no hesitation. Big Sis glanced at her targets and instantly attacked. A terrifying power erupted and swept through the area, shattering the Cloud Shuttle.

As soon as Yun Yang saw what was happening, he collapsed and started wailing. Another accident had occurred.

As for the people who were transporting the stellular liquid, their expressions changed drastically. Ever since Lu Yin had exposed the four ruling powers’ practice of transporting and using stellular liquid, the job had become far more hazardous. Things had gotten much, much worse recently, as the transporters had been told in no uncertain terms that the stellular energy absolutely could not be exposed no matter what. They had been exceptionally careful, so how had they been discovered?

Against an attack from Big Sis, who had a power level of over a million, a man rushed out from behind the small group of people. He had an ordinary appearance, but a power level of over a million erupted from him as well. He had a young appearance, but his eyes revealed his great age.

There was a bang as Big Sis’s attack clashed against the man’s counter. Instantly, the man used the Celestial Frost Sect’s Wind God - Defense battle technique to block and reflect the attack back towards Big Sis, but to his shock, his battle technique was instantly shredded apart. A black and purple energy gathered around Big Sis as a stream of energy invisible to the naked eye lashed out and blasted the Wind God technique away. The man was knocked unconscious, and his arms shattered. At the same time, the strange energy invaded the man’s body and made it impossible for him to summon any energy from his stellular energy vortex.

Big Sis did not give the man a second glance as she captured the transporters with a single move of her hand.

As she did this, another person suddenly appeared. They also raised a hand and released an attack at Big Sis’s head. The first man’s attack had not concerned her, as her dark purple power was overwhelming, but she felt that something was wrong with this second person’s attack.

Boom!

Another jarring impact occurred, and the void twisted as it was torn apart. An unimaginable destructive force swept through the surroundings, and the Cloud Shuttle began to crumble.

Yun Tingting watched everything happen in shock. She had never expected to see such an incident occur.

As for Yun Yang, he had already passed out from the emotional shock.

The second person who had appeared faced off against Big Sis, but neither was able to gain an advantage over the other.

This shocked Big Sis, as she was using the Impious Sutra, which was an odd and overbearing power, but her opponent was just as oppressive. This person clearly was not ordinary.

The person confronting Big Sis was equally surprised. "Leave this place."

Big Sis just sneered. "You're seeking death!"

With that, a massive hammer appeared in her left hand, and it smashed towards her opponent. A long saber appeared in the hand of Big Sis’s opponent, and it swept out across the sky.

Bang!

There was another deafening impact, but once again, the two were evenly matched.

Big Sis was even more surprised than before, as she had just used the Thundering Hammer battle technique, which hailed from the Heavens Sect era. It was impossible for it to be stopped by a common battle technique.

As for her opponent, they were just as startled, as the power that they wielded was not something that an ordinary cultivator could hope to block.

"Acting in such a sneaky manner? Just who are you?" Big Sis shouted. In the current era, very few people could measure up to her strength.

However, her opponent simply retreated and did not make any further trouble for Big Sis. They even abandoned the people from the four ruling powers who had been transporting the stellular liquid.

As Big Sis was wondering about her opponent, the void was sliced open diagonally a short ways away, and a person emerged and stared at her.

Big Sis’s expression changed drastically. "A Progenitor? Not good!"

Without another thought, she fled. She ignored the people with the stellular liquid.

The entire situation confused Big Sis. It was just stellular liquid, so why was a Progenitor getting involved?

The Progenitor who had suddenly appeared was Xia Shenji, though it was one of his clones rather than his main body. He glanced at Big Sis, but then his eyes shifted in the other direction. He was focused on Big Sis’s second opponent, and he quickly gave chase.

Big Sis glanced back, but the Progenitor was already gone. It turned out that he had been chasing that other person.

She had been planning on leaving, but after giving it some thought, she decided to go back and check what was happening.

Soon, a massive battle broke out, and the power of a Progenitor could be felt as roaring shouts filled the air. When everything was over, nothing could be seen other than the destroyed ground that covered a massive region. In that area, no mountains or rivers existed.

Big Sis popped up from underground. Her dark purple power faded from above her head. She had not gotten caught up in the battle. Even though one of Xia Shenji’s Progenitor-level clones had been fighting, the clone was among the weakest of Progenitors.

Staring out at the devastated land, Big Sis pulled out her wireless jincan. It was clear that something massive had just happened.

Back in the Heavens Sect, Lu Yin was sitting by the lake, staring intently at its center. There was a steaming cup of herbal tea beside him, and while it looked terrifying, it also tasted amazing.

As soon as his wireless jincan trembled, Lu Yin checked the message.

"Little Seven, I came across something very strange," Big Sis sent.

Lu Yin had not expected to hear from Big Sis. "What happened?"

"I ran into Xia Shenji."

Lu Yin instantly grew stiff. "Isn't he in the Dominion Realm? How did you run into him? Did he make any trouble for you?"

"He was too busy making trouble for someone else. Wait, that’s not quite right. It wasn’t someone else. How do I say it? Uh, he was making trouble for himself," Big Sis tried to explain.

Lu Yin felt even more confused. "What does that mean?"

"I saw one Xia Shenji chasing after and trying to kill another Xia Shenji. While the Xia Shenji being chased hid his face and tried to not show himself, I’m absolutely certain that it was him. As for the other Xia Shenji, I saw him clearly," Big Sis continued.

At this moment, the fishing rod moved. A big fish had taken the bait. Someone behind Lu Yin grew excited. "Your Highness, you caught one! You caught one!"

Lu Yin handed Zhao Ran the fishing rod. "Come catch the fish."

He then stepped aside. He continued to listen to Zhao Ran's excited shouts while exchanging messages with Big Sis.

"Big Sis, are you certain? Are you sure that you saw Xia Shenji attacking himself?"

"Absolutely. The second Xia Shenji chasing after the first was a Progenitor, but a very weak one. He didn’t even have a Progenitor’s world. The first Xia Shenji who was being chased was no more than a seven-tribulation expert. He wasn’t even close to being a Progenitor."

"How could someone who isn’t even a Semi-Progenitor escape from a real Progenitor, even if he is one of Xia Shenji’s clones?"

"I can’t answer that, but could it be because of the Nine Clones Secret Technique? All I can tell you for sure is that one of Xia Shenji's Progenitor-level clones was chasing after a seven-tribulation clone and trying to kill it."

Lu Yin fell deep into thought.

Had one of Xia Shenji’s clone betrayed the main body? Could this be the same situation as when Xia Luo had betrayed Xia Jiuyou? This was a very interesting development. At the same time, while the Nine Clones Secret Technique was incredibly powerful, if it was so easy for one of the clones to betray the main body, then the disadvantages would be too much.

"Right, there was also someone else whom I recognized. While I don’t know him well, I do remember his face. He’s one of your enemies, Liu Shaoge." Big Sis sent another message.

Lu Yin was shocked. "You saw Liu Shaoge?"

"Yes, it was definitely him. He was hiding far away during the battle, and if I hadn’t happened to chase after them to watch the fight, I would have never seen him. He fled with the clone that was being chased," Big Sis confirmed.

Lu Yin was even more surprised. "The clone was able to escape from one of Xia Shenji’s Progenitor clones, and yet you were able to see Liu Shaoge running away with him?"

Big Sis’s eyes flickered with a dangerous light as she sent a reply. "I can feel what you’re insinuating—you’re looking down on me. Me! Are you trying to say that I can’t even measure up to one of Xia Shenji’s clones?!"