Chapter 812: When Nine Stars Grace The Skies
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Mr. Nian looked as if he was recalling his oldest mories.
“There’s no need to think too much. Between the five disciple-leaders, one would be chosen to take over the position of Mr. Nian. The four others would also live with honor and glory, enjoying positions of power — there would not be much conflict or dispute regarding this, for this has always been the tradition of the Four Seasons Tower. Back then, my master was almost three-thousand years old. He was at the end of his ti, and would very likely pass on at any mont. We were to complete a task given by him, and those who managed to achieve it would be the Tower’s next successor; the other four who did not succeed will be Spring, Sumr, Autumn, and Winter respectively — the four Seasons and a Year that make up the highest level of hierarchy in the organizational structure of the Four Seasons Tower.”
“Well, you may have already made the connection by now. Every leader of the Four Seasons Tower all had the last na Nian, or to put it in another way — all of them are called Mr. Nian1,” Mr. Nian stated nonchalantly. “My real na is… Feng Xiange — yes, that is my original na!”
“The task given by my master wasn’t unfamiliar. It was the Four Seasons Tower’s existing and unchanging end goal — the location of God’s Gates!”
“I believe that Lord Supre Cloud would’ve heard parts of the incident regarding God’s Bones from the three Venerable Lords. However, God’s Grave had a great secret — it would relocate itself every three hundred and sixty-five years, which brings us back to the task itself — the objective of the task was to find and confirm its new location!”
“For that mission, I was the first one to find the grave, so I took on the role as the new Mr. Nian. Furthermore, as I was searching for God’s Gates, I coincidentally ca across the realignnt of the stars. I jamd the Stargates with a weapon, accidentally causing God’s Grave to be permanently positioned, never to relocate itself again! I accomplished a great deed within the ranks of the Four Seasons Tower, and there was no hesitation in making the kingpin of the Tower.”
“However, from that ti onwards, I understood the Four Seasons Tower’s true mission — or perhaps, the key to the survival of Four Seasons Tower, so to speak.”
“God’s Bones certainly have miraculous abilities — its power is unprecedentedly vast. However, once it is obtained, it cannot be stopped, or else, those who use it would suffer ramifications by the spiritual forces governing God’s Bones. Also, there are certain limitations in obtaining God’s Bones — it would not always be there when one requires it… nurous elders of the Four Seasons Tower have always failed at this stage.”
“After the permanent relocation of God’s Bones, I procured the final will of the founders and studied them over and over again, focusing on one particular phrase, ‘When nine stars grace the skies, one shall either ascend the Nine Heavens or sink into everlasting nothingness!”
Mr. Nian’s eyes were unreadable when he glanced at Yun Yang. “…When nine stars grace the skies… the Residence of Nine Supres appeared in Tianxuan. From that mont, the feud between the Four Seasons Tower and your side…had thus been established!”
“To protect the Four Seasons Tower from sinking into everlasting nothingness, we had to stop the Nine Supres from ascending to the Nine Heavens!”
Yun Yang could not help sighing to himself; this was really quite an unexpected disaster.
The first-generation master of the Four Seasons Tower was really quite astounding… passing down a prophecy like this since a thousand years ago.
“If there was a choice, who wouldn’t want to just enjoy life, focusing on their path and practice? Yet, when the nine stars aligned, the Residence of Nine Supres had really graced the world with its presence. Is this destiny, or fate?” Mr. Nian’s voice was full of heavy sighs.
“Since the prophecy on the alignnt of nine stars ca true as predicted, then the two outcos of ‘ascending Nine Heavens’ or ‘sinking into nothingness’ could not be avoided,” Mr. Nian continued nonchalantly. “However, there must be so sort of reason behind the existence of such a prophecy. Where there’s an effect, there must be a cause, vice versa — this is just how the universe operates. Therefore, I tried to search for that cause, thinking that if I could find the reason behind this, or if I could find a key variable that could affect or disrupt this fated outco, it would be advantageous to our side.”
“The events developed and rolled out with that as the starting point. The first foreseeable event was undoubtedly the alignnt of the nine stars, whose effect could be a threat to the Four Seasons Tower, or perhaps, an opportunity. As long as we managed to seize this opportunity, we could avoid perishing into nothingness. Lord Supre Cloud, from your point of view, does my understanding make any sense?” Mr. Nian questioned.
Yun Yang heaved another breath. “There’s not an ounce of wrongness in this. If it was , I’ll see it that way too.”
Danger accompanied by opportunity — everybody should understand what it ant.
Yet, in face of a critical mont, not many people truly understood how to react to the problem.
Clearly, the Four Seasons Tower and Mr. Nian chose the most efficient thod to go about it, which brought about the battle at Tianxuan Cliff, followed by the tragedy of the Nine Supres!
“When the Residence of Nine Supres erged as nine stars graced the skies, I didn’t make any move, for I was unsure about the second half of the prophecy back then. Blindly making a move would only result in a waste of effort. It was followed by the arrival of the Nine Supres in the world, who promptly began to establish their presences. As the Nine Supres made their presence even more established, the providence of the Four Seasons Tower accumulated over a period of ti, even as it gradually showed traces of decline and disintegration. With such evidence, there was no need to hesitate any further.”
“Moving on, although the situation had escalated to this point, I did not have the slightest intent to vanquish the Nine Supres. I had not discovered the root of the problem and I still didn’t understand the premise behind this prophecy. Even if I went on with it forcefully by finishing off the Nine Supres, I would only appear to be a puppet governed by prophecy, dutifully following it through and fulfilling it.”
“Following countless analysis and research, I finally confird that the providence of the Four Seasons Tower is intertwined with God’s Grave — we are one. However, the providence of God’s Grave and the destiny of the Residence of Nine Supres are inversely proportional to each other — in other words, if the Residence of Nine Supres thrives, God’s Grave will decline, vice versa. After confirming this fact, we tried different sorts of ways, like attempting to drain away the providence of the Nine Supres using different thods, or taking it away forcefully. The matter that frustrates us most — and rendered us utterly helpless — was that the Residence’s providence cannot be siphoned away at all. As one blooms, the other one falters — no external force will be able to change this!”
“With no other choice, we could only use the most extre of ways… destroy the Residence of the Nine Supres!”
“Since then, I started sending my n to attack the Residence of Nine Supres, employing the most direct of thods.”
Yun Yang gave a long sigh. “So that’s how it is. This is the truth.”
When the Residence of Nine Supres first appeared, and when the Nine Supres were newly ford, the Residence had suffered wave after wave of attacks — soone out there wanted to remove the Residence from this world.
The level of these attacks was no joking matter.
However, all of them suffered the backlash produced by the Residence itself. Anyone who ca forth to attack the Residence would die from it, regardless of their levels or delegation — their lives were taken away all the sa!
Hence, that was why Yun Yang and the rest never got to find out the ranks of these incoming assailants — they were all dead anyway, there was no point in arguing about it.
Moreover, there was no room to even argue about it even if they wanted to, for what was left of the people who suffered the rebound effects was only a pile of ash and crushed bones — there was nothing left of them to identify.
So, those n back then were from the Four Seasons Tower.
The fight between the Nine Supres and the Four Seasons Tower had already comnced much earlier — one party was just not aware of it.
“After three rounds of probing, everyone was dead from the backlash. These n who participated in these three round of raids were n tenderly handpicked by myself. The first raid was conducted by scholars, the second raid consisted of the Five Venerable Lords, and the third raid consisted of only two n — n who were pinnacle experts of their ti with levels only slightly lower than mine.”
“Not only did the forces from the three raids fail to destroy the Residence of Nine Supres, but they were also all killed by the ensuing backlash. This only further proved that the Residence of Nine Supres truly could not be destroyed.”
“Since the Residence of the Nine Supres could not be destroyed, the only way to secure a happy ending for the Four Seasons Tower was to eliminate the Nine Supres themselves.”
“However, credit needs to be given where it is due — the Nine Supre’s duty of keeping this a secret is truly impressive — totally foolproof,” Mr. Nian sighed. “Even I, who tried my best, could not discover the profiles and details of the Nine Supres — I could not even obtain the basic movents and intelligence on the Nine Supres.”
“The Nine Supres — heroes who contributed greatly to Yutang’s cause and who had shown themselves countless tis on Yutang’s battlefields — were not restricted by an imperial power, nor forces of the military, Board of Civil Appointnts or any departnt of Yutang at all. It’s funny how an extraordinary thing like this could happen.”
“Running out of options, I started to direct the Tower’s n to infiltrate Yutang — an infiltration which was a step more in-depth and holistic than what was ever done before.”
“However, in this entire process, our providence experienced a new developnt— a change which was strange to the core. A change like this had never happened in the entire term of the Four Seasons Tower’s existence!”
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